Leviticus 25 · Verse 14

Leviticus 25:14

And if thou sell ought unto thy neighbour, or buyest ought of thy neighbour’s hand, ye shall not oppress one another:
Leviticus 25:14, King James Version

Leviticus 25:14 in other translations

BSBIf you make a sale to your neighbor or a purchase from him, you must not take advantage of each other.
WEB“‘If you sell anything to your neighbor, or buy from your neighbor, you shall not wrong one another.
ASVAnd if thou sell aught unto thy neighbor, or buy of thy neighbor’s hand, ye shall not wrong one another.
YLT‘And when thou sellest anything to thy fellow, or buyest from the hand of thy fellow, ye do not oppress one another;
DARBYAnd if ye sell ought unto your neighbour, or buy of your neighbour's hand, ye shall not overreach one another.
BBEAnd in the business of trading goods for money, do no wrong to one another.
WebsterAnd if thou shalt sell aught to thy neighbor, or buy aught of thy neighbor's hand, ye shall not oppress one another:

What does Leviticus 25:14 mean?

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 14 Ye shall not oppress one another - Ye shall take no advantage of each other's ignorance either in buying or selling; for he that buys an article at less than it is worth, or sells one for more than it is worth, taking advantage in both cases of the ignorance of the vender or buyer, is no better than a thief, as he actually robs his neighbor of as much property as he has bought the article at below or sold it above its current value.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Leviticus 25:8-22

The word "jubilee" signifies a peculiarly animated sound of the silver trumpets. This sound was to be made on the evening of the great day of atonement; for the proclamation of gospel liberty and salvation results from the sacrifice of the Redeemer. It was provided that the lands should not be sold away from their families. They could only be disposed of, as it were, by leases till the year of jubilee, and then…

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Leviticus 25:14 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וְכִֽי\־ve.khi-and ifH3588
תִמְכְּר֤וּtim.ke.Ruyou will sellH4376
מִמְכָּר֙mi.Kara thing soldH4465
לַעֲמִיתֶ֔ךָla.'a.mi.Te.khato fellow citizen yourH5997
א֥וֹ'oorH176
קָנֹ֖הka.Nohyou will buyH7069
מִיַּ֣דmi.Yadfrom [the] hand ofH3027
עֲמִיתֶ֑ךָ'a.mi.Te.khafellow citizen yourH5997
אַל\־'al-may notH408
תּוֹנ֖וּto.Nuyou maltreatH3238
אִ֥ישׁ'isheachH376
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
אָחִֽיו\׃'a.Chivbrother hisH251

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Cross references for Leviticus 25:14

  • Leviticus 19:13

    Thou shalt not defraud thy neighbour, neither rob him: the wages of him that is hired shall not abide with thee all night until the morning.

  • Leviticus 25:17

    Ye shall not therefore oppress one another; but thou shalt fear thy God: for I am the Lord your God.

  • Amos 5:11-12

    Forasmuch therefore as your treading is upon the poor, and ye take from him burdens of wheat: ye have built houses of hewn stone, but ye shall not dwell in them; ye have planted pleasant vineyards, but ye shall not drink wine of them. For I know your manifold transgressions and your mighty sins: they afflict the just, they take a bribe, and they turn aside the poor in the gate from their right.

  • Isaiah 58:6

    Is not this the fast that I have chosen? to loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, and to let the oppressed go free, and that ye break every yoke?

  • Ezekiel 22:7

    In thee have they set light by father and mother: in the midst of thee have they dealt by oppression with the stranger: in thee have they vexed the fatherless and the widow.

  • 1 Samuel 12:3-4

    Behold, here I am: witness against me before the Lord, and before his anointed: whose ox have I taken? or whose ass have I taken? or whom have I defrauded? whom have I oppressed? or of whose hand have I received any bribe to blind mine eyes therewith? and I will restore it you. And they said, Thou hast not defrauded us, nor oppressed us, neither hast thou taken ought of any man’s hand.

  • Micah 2:2-3

    And they covet fields, and take them by violence; and houses, and take them away: so they oppress a man and his house, even a man and his heritage. Therefore thus saith the Lord; Behold, against this family do I devise an evil, from which ye shall not remove your necks; neither shall ye go haughtily: for this time is evil.

  • Micah 6:10-12

    Are there yet the treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and the scant measure that is abominable? Shall I count them pure with the wicked balances, and with the bag of deceitful weights? For the rich men thereof are full of violence, and the inhabitants thereof have spoken lies, and their tongue is deceitful in their mouth.

  • James 5:1-5

    Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you. Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are motheaten. Your gold and silver is cankered; and the rust of them shall be a witness against you, and shall eat your flesh as it were fire. Ye have heaped treasure together for the last days. Behold, the hire of the labourers who have reaped down your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth: and the cries of them which have reaped are entered into the ears of the Lord of sabaoth. …

  • Ezekiel 22:12-13

    In thee have they taken gifts to shed blood; thou hast taken usury and increase, and thou hast greedily gained of thy neighbours by extortion, and hast forgotten me, saith the Lord God. Behold, therefore I have smitten mine hand at thy dishonest gain which thou hast made, and at thy blood which hath been in the midst of thee.

  • Amos 8:4-7

    Hear this, O ye that swallow up the needy, even to make the poor of the land to fail, Saying, When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell corn? and the sabbath, that we may set forth wheat, making the ephah small, and the shekel great, and falsifying the balances by deceit? That we may buy the poor for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes; yea, and sell the refuse of the wheat? The Lord hath sworn by the excellency of Jacob, Surely I will never forget any of their works.

  • Ecclesiastes 5:8

    If thou seest the oppression of the poor, and violent perverting of judgment and justice in a province, marvel not at the matter: for he that is higher than the highest regardeth; and there be higher than they.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
17; 19:13; De 16:19,20; Jud 4:3; 1Sa 12:3,4; 2Ch 16:10; Ne 9:36,37
Job 20:19,20; Ps 10:18; Pr 14:31; 21:13; 22:16; 28:3,8,16; Ec 5:8
Isa 1:17; 3:12-15; 5:7; 33:15; 58:6; Jer 22:17; Eze 22:7,12,13
Am 5:11,12; 8:4-7; Mic 2:2,3; 6:10-12; 7:3; Lu 3:14; 1Co 6:8
Jas 5:1-5

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Context

  • Leviticus 25:13

    In the year of this jubile ye shall return every man unto his possession.

  • Leviticus 25:14

    And if thou sell ought unto thy neighbour, or buyest ought of thy neighbour’s hand, ye shall not oppress one another:

  • Leviticus 25:15

    According to the number of years after the jubile thou shalt buy of thy neighbour, and according unto the number of years of the fruits he shall sell unto thee:

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Leviticus 25:14 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y cuando vendiereis algo á vuestro prójimo, ó comprareis de mano de vuestro prójimo, no engañe ninguno á su hermano:
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et si vous vendez quelque chose à votre prochain, ou si vous achetez de la main de votre prochain, que nul ne fasse tort à son frère.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und wenn ihr eurem Nächsten etwas verkaufet oder von der Hand eures Nächsten etwas kaufet, so soll keiner seinen Bruder bedrücken.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Quando vendes quippiam civi tuo, vel emes ab eo, ne contristes fratrem tuum, sed juxta numerum annorum jubilæi emes ab eo,